A two-day conference focused on recent developments in theories of money, banking and asset markets was held Nov. 13 and 14 at the Wisconsin School of Business.  Finance Professor Randy Wright has played a key role in bringing to Madison noted experts from around the nation to speak at the conference, which was coordinated by the school’s Puelicher Center for Banking Education.

Presenters included noted figures from academia and government—including officials from the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, and from the Bank of Canada. Leading thinkers will share their expertise with UW-Madison faculty and Ph.D. students in business and economics.

Topics included: “Payments and Liquidity Under Moral Hazard” and “Banking: A Mechanism Design Approach.” More than 65 individuals are scheduled to attend.

The event was held in Grainger Hall on the UW-Madison campus. To view a conference schedule, click here.

Brian Hellmer, director of the Stephen L. Hawk Center for Applied Security Analysis, reacts to the new investor.gov website sponsored by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in SmartMoney magazine.

According to Hellmer, the website could help investors avoid mistakes and better understand the risks and costs of their investments.  “A lot of people even in their 40s or 50s who have been investing for a while wouldn’t necessarily know what red flags to look for when they talk to investment advisers,” says Hellmer.

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